Romanian Revolution of 1989 / Photo, December 1989

Romania / Romanian Revolution 1989 / 16–25 December 1989.

Tanks parked in front of the Royal Palace of Bucharest.Being located on the front line between insurgents and supporters of Nicolae Ceausescu, the Palace was at the heart of the fighting. It now houses the National Museum of Art of Romania on Revolution Square.On the right the central university library of Bucharest that was burned during the clashes. 500,000 books and 3,700 manuscripts caught fire.